Welcome to the Workers Film Festival, Coimbatore!

Featured Films

"Slaves of the Empire" – Directed by Rajesh James

"See Me, When You Leave" – A film by Dipin Chenayil

Organised by

Tamilnadu Kalai Ilaykkiya Perumandram - Kovai

Periyar Ambedkar Marx Sinthanai Kalam & Marupakkam

Curated by

Amudhan RP

Admission
We welcome you! Entry free!

please contact:
9843323153 / 6380043633 / 9442178974 / 9003392939

Workers Film Festival – Madurai

📍 Venue: MUTA Hall, Madurai
📅 Date: 3 May 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Curated by

Amudhan RP

Organised by

Marupakkam 30 & MUTA

🎬 Schedule

10:00 AM – Refreshments & Registration
10:30 AM – Inauguration

11:00 AM Screenings:

• See Me, When You Leave
Director: Dipin Chenayil
Duration: 17 min 37 sec
Type: Documentary | India

• The Delivery Guy
Director: Debarun Dutta
Duration: 30 min
Type: Documentary | Germany (2025)

1:00 PM – Lunch

2:00 PM Screenings:

• Mr Invisible: Mumbai Out of Frame
Director: Christine Thurbide
Duration: 82 min
Type: Documentary | France (2025)

• Koopukkadu
Director: Gita Hudson
Duration: 63 min
Type: Documentary | Tamil, India (2024)

• Mind the Cart
Directors: Madhu Dhurve, Pushpa, Narendra Singh Pardhi
Duration: 22 min 12 sec
Type: Short Fiction | India

• Valli
Director: Amudhan RP
Duration: 60 min
Type: Documentary | Tamil (2025)

📞 Contact for Details: 9940642044

Koopukkadu (2024)
A Documentary on Deforestation for Tea Production

🎬 Director: Gita Hudson
⏱ Duration: 63 minutes
🌍 Language: Tamil (with subtitles)

This documentary sheds light on the environmental and social consequences of deforestation caused by tea plantation expansion. It highlights the lives, struggles, and resilience of workers connected to this ecosystem.

📍 Screening Details:
Date: 3 May 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MUTA Hall, Madurai

🎞 Part of: Workers Film Festival – Madurai

📞 Contact: 9940642044

Welcome to the Summer Film Festival Madurai! The event will feature screenings of various films including "Baaxpee: This Ground", "Bhaavi", "And The Fish Fly Above Our Heads", and "Analogue Natives".

Curator: Amudhan RP
Organizers: Jointly organised by MARUPAKKAM 30 & LENS Media Centre
Entry: Free!
For more details: 9940642044

Organised by

Tamilnadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram - Kovai, Periyar Ambedkar Marx Sinthanai Kalam & Marupakkam

Curated by

Amudhan RP

Schedule

10 am - Caste, Constitution, Justice
Director: Amal Raj
Duration: 34.49 min
Language: Tamil, English
Category: Documentary; India; 2025
Interaction with the filmmaker

11 am - Palama : Do you see me?
Director: Asha Achy Joseph
Duration: 83 min
Language: Malayalam
Category: Fiction; 2024
Interaction with the crew members

For more details

9843323153 / 6380043633 / 9442178974 / 9003392939

Mobile phones are mini TV stations or / and production houses. They can shoot, record, edit, correct, enhance, share and broadcast. You don't need a great plot or grand budget to make films. Any small experience, special moment, sharp observation can be a film! Join us in exploring a new exciting journey!

Resource Person: Amudhan RP
Registration Fee: Rs. 100 per person
For Registration: 9843323153 / 8903632466

Organised by

MARUPAKKAM 30 & Periyar Self Respect Media

Day 4: 18 April 2026
6.30 pm - Gail & Bharat

Dir: Somnath Waghmare
Duration: 80 min
Language: Marathi, Hindi
Category: Documentary; India; 2025

Gail & Bharat traces the extraordinary life and partnership of sociologist Gail Omvedt and activist Bharat Patankar, weaving together love, scholarship, and decades of grassroots struggle within India’s anti-caste movements. Blending personal memory with political history, the film preserves a vital legacy of resistance, thought, and transformative social action.

For delegates registration:
9940642044

Organised by

MARUPAKKAM 30 & Periyar Self Respect Media

Day 4: 18 April 2026
4.00 pm - Dare to Dream

Dir: Ranu Ghosh
Duration: 83 min
Language: Hindi, Rebari
Category: Documentary; India; 2025

The film explores the life and tribulations of Ganeshi, a frail looking girl of 16 years belonging to the Rabari community in Southern Rajasthan, India. Ganeshi’s destiny was decided by her parents and community elders when married off at the age of 4 years. The film follows Ganeshi for 5 critical years of her life, when she must negotiate and fight within her community to pursue her dreams.

For delegates registration:
9940642044

Jointly organised by
MARUPAKKAM 30 & Periyar Self Respect Media

Day 4: 18 April 2026
2.00 pm - Woh Subah Humi Se Aaegi (That Dawn That We Will Bring)

Dir: Uma Chakravarthy
Duration: 78 min
Language: Bengali, Hindi, Kannada
Category: Documentary; India; 2026

The film tells the "story" of the women's movements that places violence against women in India and the resistance against it, over more than four decades across India spanning different regions and multiple sites. These vibrant movements have challenged culture, tradition, caste and oppressive cultural practices which have been legitimized under the rubric of "tradition" and/or patriarchy denying women, agency.

For delegates registration:
9940642044